Expert: John Zalewski - 9/19/2011

Question
Round 63,496 to the nearest 1000

Answer
Hello, Tonishia.

63,496 rounded to the nearest 1000s place is 63,000.

The thousands place is the fourth place to the left. For this number, the 6 is in the ones place, the 9 is in the tens place, the 4 is in the hundreds place, and the 3 is in the thousands place.

To determine whether the 3 is rounded up or down, we look to the number on its right, which is a 4. If that digit is 5 or greater, round up. If it's 4 or lower, round down.

Because 4 is less than 5, we round down for this example.

Therefore, our answer is 63,000.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
John